Qichun, Hubei, the four major drug capitals in China.

Qichun County is located in the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south foot of Dabie Mountain. The low mountains and hills in this area crisscross. The climate is hot in Leng Xia in winter, with abundant rainfall, which is suitable for the growth of many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines. Among the 1892 drugs recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica, Qi Chun found more than 700 drugs. "Thousands of people hang calamus, go out for ten miles and smell the medicine." Qichun people have the habit of taking medicine since ancient times. In the early 1990s, based on the reality of Qichun, the county party committee and government vigorously implemented the strategy of human resources development in Li Shizhen, held a medicine festival, trained market leaders of medicinal materials, and promoted the cultivation of medicinal materials through the market. After more than ten years of unremitting efforts, the county has built a highway medicinal belt 100 mile in the hinterland of Qitai, Jingjiu, Lanxi and Dabie Mountains, with a medicinal base of 65,438+10,000 mu.

The planting area of Chinese herbal medicines in the county has grown to 256,000 mu, with 33 leading varieties such as Eucommia ulmoides, Ginkgo biloba, Magnolia officinalis, Cortex Phellodendri, Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Platycodon grandiflorum, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Radix Rehmanniae, Cortex Moutan, Chrysanthemum morifolium, Flos Magnoliae, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Scrophulariae, Perillae, Poria and Rhizoma Gastrodiae as the main body. Last year, the total output of Chinese herbal medicines in this county reached. Li Shizhen Medicinal Plant in Dawangshan, Lion Town is a national key medicinal plant base, covering an area of1.2000 mu, with more than 10 varieties of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv., Magnolia Officinalis, Cortex Phellodendri, Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Cortex Moutan, etc., and the storage value of medicinal materials is nearly 100 million yuan.

Qi zhou, Hubei Province, is located in qi zhou Town, Hubei Province, the hometown of Li Shizhen, a great TCM doctor in Ming Dynasty. 1997, approved by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Ministry of Health, was listed as the specialized market of Chinese herbal medicines in China 17, becoming the only national specialized market of Chinese herbal medicines in Hubei and an ideal place for trading Chinese herbal medicines.

The market scale is constantly expanding. According to historical records, qi zhou's drug market began in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty, with a long history and a high reputation in Kyushu. Known as "people go to the holy land to worship the medical saints, and medicine is only seen in qi zhou". 199 1 year, after the Qichun county party committee and government established the strategy of "rejuvenating the county with medicine", they took the opportunity of holding the medicine festival to build the medicine market with the county's efforts, and the market facilities were continuously improved and the business scale was continuously expanded. At present, the market covers an area of

Covering an area of 102 mu, with a total construction area of 25,000 square meters. The main building is a large-scale standard stadium integrating sports and trade. It is divided into eight areas, the main building has four floors and the business building has two floors. There are comprehensive buildings, shops and shopping malls with novel designs around, and there are 3 large and small business halls, which can accommodate 1 10,000 people. There are 328 resident drug dealers inside and outside the province, who are engaged in drug trafficking all the year round 1. 2 million, and nearly 1. 0 million varieties are listed and traded. The annual drug transaction volume is 550 million yuan, and the tax paid is 65.438+0 million yuan.

The market operating environment is superior. Field water circuits and greening facilities have reached the standard. A drug market management committee was established, a series of preferential policies were formulated, and one-stop service was implemented. The information center of medicinal materials has been established, and the information networking with the major Chinese medicinal materials markets in China has been realized.

The market location advantage is unique. It's only 5 kilometers away from Yangtze River qi zhou Passenger and Freight Terminal 1 km, Qichun entrance of Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, Qichun Station of Beijing-Kowloon Railway 15 km, and it's convenient to reach Wuhan Tianhe Airport by car 1 hour.

The compendium of materia medica is all over the world, and the hometown of medical saints is even Kyushu. The growing professional market of Chinese herbal medicines in qi zhou is moving towards the goal of a large-scale distribution center of Chinese herbal medicines along the Yangtze River, an information center of Chinese herbal medicines in Hubei and a national famous new drug capital.

The 5th Li Shizhen Medicine Festival and the 11th China-Hubei Medicine Fair will be held in qi zhou, the hometown of Li Shizhen, a great pharmacologist, from August 8th to October 2nd, 2000/kloc-0.

As one of the large-scale economic and trade activities in China, the theme of this year's Medicine Festival is "Promoting Chinese Medicine and Developing Medicine Economy". At that time, the National (qi zhou) Chinese Medicine Fair and Chinese Herbal Medicine Fair, Huanggang Investment Promotion Project Fair and the National Li Shizhen Chinese Medicine Resource Development Strategy Seminar will be held simultaneously.

Qichun has been known as the capital of medicine since ancient times. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying that "people go to the holy countryside to treat diseases, but medicine is only seen in qi zhou". Among the 1892 drugs recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica, Qichun has more than 800 kinds.

At present, the planting area of Chinese medicinal materials in Qichun County has reached 260,000 mu, and there are 2 major townships (towns) and 163 major villages and farms for Chinese medicinal materials, with more than 3,000 major Chinese medicinal materials growers, with an annual economic output value of 230 million yuan. It is one of the 30 leading industries supported by Hubei Province, and it is also listed as the production base county of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.

Li Shizhen Compendium of Materia Medica Biochemical Garden, a traditional Chinese medicine valley built in the east of Qichun County, is about to be completed. The park is invested by Taiwanese businessmen for 25 million US dollars and covers an area of 20 hectares. It integrates pharmacy, medicinal materials cultivation, biochemical research, medical teaching and tourism.

Since 199 1, Qichun has successfully held four Li Shizhen medicine festivals and ten medicinal materials fairs, with a cumulative drug transaction volume of 2.344 billion yuan.